Author Gaby Soutar

Every time someone says Princess Street, instead of Princes Street, a scone in the Jenners cafe fails to rise and the One O’Clock Gun doesn’t make anyone jump out of their skin. It’s a crime against...

I recently read a newspaper story about a woman who was found dead in her house. She was surrounded by 82 chihuahuas, all of whom were descended from an original pair. I also feel a bit overwhelmed, though...

Frida Kahlo’s eyebrow, a heron’s fishing leg, Michael Jackson’s glove, a snail’s foot, one driver (without another on the backseat).  Apart from magpies, there are lots of things that are better in...

Such was the anticipation about the opening of this place, I dreamt that I was wading through the Firth of Forth to get to it. Sadly, I drowned and didn’t make it, so can’t offer up any sort of dormant...

I own stacks of glossy recipe books, and most are yellowing on my kitchen shelves. The most memorable foodie descriptions tend to be from a different sort of read. For instance, the sardines in the beard of...

Foraging and palaeolithic diets are so fashionable, you’d think people harked back to the bad old days of being hunter gatherers. Although I could have bought into the outfits – furry loincloths, deer...

‘I was hoping for a new way for me and the family to connect with interesting and outgoing spirits, instead we seem to have summoned a vengeful demon. Now the dog’s dead, my son has burnt down his...

You’re either innie, or you’re outie. I suppose only people with the right kind of appropriately lint-gathering belly button need ever apply to be a belly dancer. If it’s convex, rather than...

"Potato menu?” said the waitress. With my mouth full, I’d asked if they had a pudding menu at this restaurant, and she’d misheard me. There are, in fact, zero potatoes at this new sushi restaurant,...

Despite my allergies, I’m totally in the market for a pup. Blame Stockbridge. Or, Dogbridge, as it should be called. On any given day, you can meet the entire cast of Best in Show. I have made...